Take a look at who's buying and selling Nashville's most expensive homes

April is the Area 10 month, it seems. That's the sector on local Realtors' maps that encompasses Williamson County, where seven out of last month's top 10 Middle Tennessee home sales took place. Area 2, the "Golden Triangle" that includes Green Hills and Belle Meade, accounted for the other three.

Buyers this month include two NFL linemen (only one a Titan), as well as the usual assortment of entrepreneurs, executives and other professionals.

Information about the agents on these sales was unavailable this month. "Headline Homes" always tries to include the names of Realtors involved with the deals it covers. Agents who are involved in large sales are welcome to send info to headlinehomes@nashvillecitypaper.com.

Largest single-family home purchases recorded in Davidson and neighboring counties in April 2009, ranked by dollar value:

With more than 9,200 square feet of living space on three-and-a-half wooded acres, this is one ample abode. Features include a home office and studio, a mother-in-law apartment and a gourmet kitchen. At $305 per square foot, it's also the most expensive house on this month's list by that measure.

This is a place you have probably cooed over at some point in your life, and your great-grandpa may have done the same. Built in 1867, it's one of the old homes that give downtown Franklin its distinctive character. Deer Creek has done a complete renovation of the house.

Jay Franks is a real estate developer, while wife Marcia is the principal broker/owner of Franklin Realtors.

Ouch. In filings related to former owner John T. Rankin's bankruptcy, SunTrust says he owes it more than $3 million. Looks like the bank just got one third of its money back in the sale of Rankin's only listed asset.

This Hill Place mansion was on the market for $3.75 million last year, when John Rankin and wife Tracy owned it. SunTrust bought it out of foreclosure for $1.66 million in January.

The Rankins divorced shortly before real estate developer John Rankin declared bankruptcy in November, listing debts of $73.2 million. He had been involved in a huge waterfront project in Ashland City.